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Is It Safe To Use Clindamycin For Staph Infection?
Hello. My 15 month old son was diagnosed with staph. He was admitted into hospital for three days. He is doing better, but stil has a low grade fever and taking 7mL clindamycin three times a day. Besides diarrhea, what sides affects should a be concerned about with this medication.
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Although clindamycin is not used as a first line medicine for staph infection it has a good coverage for staph infection.
Side effects are very less.Minor side effects like diarrhea,nausea,vomiting,rash,mild irritability can be there.
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Although clindamycin is not used as a first line medicine for staph infection it has a good coverage for staph infection.
Side effects are very less.Minor side effects like diarrhea,nausea,vomiting,rash,mild irritability can be there.
Regards
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